Fencing, barb on bottom

Greenbeast

Member
Location
East Sussex
Barbed wire is hateful stuff and i had pretty much decided to avoid it most of the time (perhaps use it on the boundary fence) but what with the pigs digging below the electric i'm now reconsidering running a bottom line of barb on my pig pen fencing.

Should i run it out first as my bottom line, or should i use a plain bottom line still and put barb up after net is on?
 

renewablejohn

Member
Location
lancs
I detest the stuff and it is banned on the farm. Only way we could keep pigs in without using barb was 3ft of chicken wire with 1 ft above ground then 6 inches below ground with 18 inches buried in field 6 inch deep. Electric fence above chicken wire. Plastic coated lasted a lot longer than galvanized.
 

Greenbeast

Member
Location
East Sussex
I know people who kept hundreds of pigs outside with only one electric strand - no other fence at all, they were on rock though.

yeah i'm a big advocate of it, with us it's ahead of stock net. and the sows aren't a problem but our two grower pens are a worry, and i'm just gearing up to fence the next pair
 

Hilly

Member
Hate the stuff but to cut long story short ended up with a few rolls for nowt so used it as bottom line for fencing then nailed it on under rylock stop sheep trying to go under means keep rylock up failry high and electric on top make a good high fence for cattle, 6`6" x5" posts.
 

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